Wire stretcher



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' A. J. KING WIRE STRETCHER Filed June24. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Jan. 22, 1924. v 1. 81.424

' A. ,1. KING WIRE STRETCHER Filed June' 24. 1922 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 AITORNEY Patented .lan. 22, 1924.

warren stares ALLEN J. KING, OF GRAND SALINE, TEXAS.

.WIRE STBETCHER.

Application filed June 24, 1922. Serial No. 570,578.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALLEN J. KING, a citizen of the United States, residing at Grand Saline, in the county of Van Zandt and State of Texas, have invented new and useful 1mrovements in Wire Stretchers, of which the following is a specification. p

This invention relates to wire stretchers, and has for it object, the provision of a device by means of which wire can be effectively stretched and held in this condition until fastened to a post or the like, with the expenditure of minimum effort, the device being equipped with means for supporting the same from one of the wires of the fence.

The nature and advantages of the inven tion will be better understood when the following detailed description is read in connection with the accompanying drawings, the invention residing in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts as claimed.

In the drawings forming part of this application, like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, and wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device,

showing the manner of using the same.

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view through the casing and showing parts in elevation.

Figure 3 is a sectional view taken on line 33 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings in detail, 10 indicates a casing which is divided into a gear and a spool compartment respectively by a partition 10 longitudinally disposed therethrough. In the spool compartment there is journaled a spool 11. The spool is fixed upon a shaft 12, which passes through the partition and this shaft supports a large gear 13, which meshes with a smaller gear 14 fixed upon the stub shaft 15. These gears are arranged in the gear compartment adjacent one wall of the casing and the partition respectively. The shaft projects beyond one side of the casing and is of angular formation in cross section to accommodate a crank handle or the like by means of which this shaft may be rotated. A pawl 16 is arranged to cooperate with the gear 13 to prevent retrograde movement thereof. One end of the casing is provided with a reduced central opening interiorly threaded, to accommodate the threads provided on the adjacent end of the hollow tubular member 17 which projects from one end of the casing 10 and the opposite end of the casing is open as shown in Figure 8 ofthe drawings. tubular member 17 supports collars 18 adjacent the opposite ends thereof, while associated with these collars are the parallel portions 19 of a supporting element 21.

Terminally secured to the spool 11 and adapted to be wound about and unwound therefrom is a cable 22, the latter being extended through the tubular member 17 and having its opposite end secured to a pulley 25 a bracket 23 is secured to the end of the tubular member and is adapted to support the pulleys 24. Trained over pulleys 24 and over the pulley 25 is the cable 22 as shown and from this construction the distance between the pulleys is lengthened and shortened, depending upon the direction of rotation of the spool 11. Connected with the pulley 25 is a wire clamp 27 of any suitable construction, and it is manifest that when the cable 22 is wound upon the spool, the wire which is engaged by the clamp 27 is stretched, and this can be very easily attached without any great effort on part of the operator. In'practice, after the first wire has been properly stretched and attached to the posts A, the device is arranged beneath this wire and supported thereby in a manner illustrated, the hook-like terminals 20 of the supporting element 21 receiving the uppermost strand of wire for this purpose. A chain or other suitable element 28 is passed around one of the posts A, and terminally secured to the apertured extensions 30 of the casing 10 as shown. As the. spool 11 is rotated in the proper direction to wind the cable 22 thereabout, the pulley is moved toward the pulley 24 in a manner to exert a pull upon the wire strands 31, efiectively stretching the latter. The pawl 16 cooperates with the gear 18 to prevent retrograde movement, so that the wire strand 31 can be maintained in a stretched or taut condition, while it is being properly secured to the post in advance of the post A. While it is believed that from the foregoing description, the nature and advantages of the invention will be readily apparent, I desire. to have it understood that I do not limit myself to what is herein shown and described, and that such changes may be The resorted to When desired as fall Within the scope of What. is claimed.

What I claim is A Wire stretcher of the character described comprising a casing having one end opened and its opposite end provided with an interiorly threaded centrally disposed opening, a partition longitudinally arranged adj acent one. side Wall of the casing and dividing the casing into a spool and gear compartment respectively, a shaft passing through the partition having its ends journalled from the side Walls of the casing, a. spool disposed in the spool compartment and carried by the shaft, a stubshaft passing through one side Wall of the casing and having bearingsin the partition and side Wall respectively, a pair of intermeshing gears carried by the respective shafts, means for rotating the stub shaft, means for preventing retrograde rotaion thereof, a tube threadedly secured in the threaded opening of the casing, collars surrounding the tube adjacent its respective ends, a supporting element having an elongated hooked upper end and parallel depending portions received by the respective collars, apertured extensions projecting from the side Walls of the opened end of the casing, a bracket a pulley supported by the bracket, a wire clamp having a pulley secured thereto and a flexible element trained over the pulleys and fixed to one pulley and the spool respectively as and for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof I atfix my LLEN J si nature.

BfING. 

